Xltigharge-gun



(No Model.)

G. J. HILDER. MULTIGHARGE GUN.

Patenied Mar. 14-, 1893.

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llnirnn STATES PATENT nricnt GOTTFRID J. IIILDER, on ST. CLOUD,MINNESOTA.

MULTlCHARGE-GUN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 493,382, dated march ll, 1893.

Application filed April 12, 1892- ent charges of powder and the latteris simul taneously ignited in all the barrels bya gun- *cap secured tothe rear of said cartridge.

And the objects of my improvement are to provide fire-arms of this classwith a cylindrical cartridge or removable breech -piece adapted to beintroduced into the breech of the gun, lengthwise thereof and beproperly guided into its seat with its charge-containing tubescoinciding with the bore of each barrel; and to provide said fire-armswith means 'to adjustably spread. out the muzzles of the barrels, toproduce more or less scattering of the expelled bullets. I attain theseobjects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:'. 1

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a fire-arm constructed inaccordance with my invention, the barrels beingshortened' and thebreech-block and firing apparatus omitted to clearly show the new parts.Fig. 2, is alongitudinal horizontal section of the-same. Fig. 3 is a topview of the cartridge or removable breech-piece used with the fire-arm.Fig. 4

is a transverse vertical section of the same on line was of Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a perspective view 'of the gun-barrelsspreader and adjuster.

Fig. 6, is a longitudinal vertical section of the breech showing thechamber therein having angular teeth projecting from its cylindricalwalls.

In said drawings A represents the breech of the gun having rearextensions A for at- Into the front end of the breech are screwed orotherwise secured seven distinct and separate barrels, the barrel Bbeing central, and six barrels B being arranged at equal distancesaround it. Said barrels are preferably rifled internally, they are madeof steeland'have enough resilience Serial in. 428,874. (No model.)

to permit their front ends or muzzles to b adjusted and made more orless divergent from each other as the gunner may desire, to more or lessscatter the bullets expelled from them. For this purpose there ismounted upon the central barrel B a sleeve 1) having at one end astar-shaped flange b or movable rest having six notches, into each oneof which one of the gun-barrels rests, the tendency of the front ends ofthe barrels being to remain parallel to each other. The sleeve has atthe opposite end a finger piece b by which it can be removed away fromthe ends of the monies when it is desired to increase the scatteringproperty of the gun, divisions I) being marked upon the lower barrels toindicate the location of the finger-piece and also the divergence of thebarrels for said location, and consequently the scattering of thebullets for certain distances as ascertained by previous trials. Toprevent the sleeve 1) from being pushed beyond the ends of the barrel,the central barrel has a ring or nut 12 secured upon the end.

To load the gun there is introduced within the breech A, a cartridge orremovable breechpiece D of suitable and well known material havingformed in its front portion and extending nearly the whole length of thecartridge, a central tubed surrounded by six similar perforations d thatcorrespond in arran'gc-' ment to that of the barrelsof the gun. Theseven tubes or perforations have their rear in communicationwith apowder chamber I) of suitable size. The rear wall of said chamber formsthe rear of the removable breech-piece or cartridge and has centrallytherein a gun cap 0 secured thereto as in ordinary shotfcartridges. Tocause the perforations d of; the cartridge and the bullets f therein, toalways occupy a position inlinowith the bore of the barrels, althoughsaid cartridge is cylindrical, it is provided at its front end withangular notches d, in its periphery, intowhich are made to enter,corresponding angular teeth a formed withinthe front-end of the cavityof tho-breech. Six angular notches (Val-e.

- is preferably rimmed conically 0n the inside.

To retain the removable breech-piece or car-- tridge within the breechchamber, a vertically sliding breech-block can be placed Within thevertical groove A formed in the rear of the breech, and be operated inthe well known manner of the Remington fire-arm or any other well knownbreech block and operating mechanism may be used to retain the cartridgeand carry the firing-pin.

Having now fully described my invention, I claim- 1. In a breechloadingfire-arm the combination of the breeclna central barrel securedthereto and a series of barrels independently secured tothe breech, aflanged sleeve adjustably mounted upon the central barrel and havingnotches in its periphery to receive the free ends of the encirclingbarrels substantiall y as described.

2. In a breech loading fire-arm the combination of the breech, a centralbarrel secured thereto and a series of barrels independently secured tothe breech, a movable rest adj ustably mounted upon the central barreland bearing, against the encircling barrels substantially as described.

'55. In a breech loading fire-arm, the combination of theln'eech-framesupporting a series of barrels, with a cylindricalremovable breech-piece having a series of tu'bu'larfiring chamberstherein, and intermeshing teeth on the periphery of the removablebreech-piece and in the inner surface of the wall of the breech-framerespectively, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GO'l"FRlD J. IIILDIQR.

\Vitnesses:

VALENTINE I-hirrz, ANDREW C. ROBERTSON.

